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One of the Best T'ai Chi books I've found

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I "felt" this might be a "different" kind of writing on T'ai Chi than I had read before and some how I was right! Angels, Sprits, Chi (itself), or a simple whisper from the universe.
I love this book it is written in an easy to read style, but while easy to read there are countless messages to contemplate-meditate on. While not a thick book or one that gives great detail in the learning this masters style of T'ai Chi. It insists you MUST first read about the masters "13 Treatises" first before proceeding to the form.
In the book itself, before you even see a picture of the postures, the first 110 pages concentrate learning the substance or "root" of this martial art; which includes many of the best explanations on the many intricacies; such as how it works on a "Loss" not "lose" Principle. Not an easy task for the western world.
Great detail is given to "Ch'i" and "tan t'ien" and and how they are intertwined to Somatic principles. How it works with both the body and the "I Ching"-but on a different level than might immediate enter your thoughts. Also Physics and many others it's non-martial arts uses.
One of the best Yin and Yang explanations and it's application. And maybe the best reason to read this book is how it explains that their are multiple levels of T'ai Ch'i Ch'uan; that is beginning with Human, Earth, and Heaven. Each of those levels consists of another three layers of learning. The final level in "Heaven" is called the "Omnipotence" where one learns to not use Ch'i because of a transformation or transcendence understanding called the "Great Ch'i" (primal Ch'i). Actually I've just barely touched upon all the knowledge that has been graciously given via a "Respected Transmission" and in essence so short in actual words but great in practicality (if one mediates on its hidden meanings and messages-and then takes time to learn the art itself).
My humble thanks for sharing so much by Master Cheng Man Ch'ing. My respect for this Art has deeply grown and I now know that I have much more to learn than simply becoming proficient in the form. I also understand it is greater to understand the "why" first so that flowing into the "how" will be seamless.

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